I do not believe this is correct. My understanding is that the copper basically kills the egg, probably like it would a pathogen.
That brings up an interesting question. Would douching with Copper colloid or Silver colloid effectively do the same thing? Marshall Stephen Summers wrote: > Dear members A friend of mine who is CS devotee asked me a very good > question. She has a grown-up daughter who is a bit of a hypocondriac, > so she is really trying hard to get her onto CS. However, the daughter > has a conctraceptive loop fitted. As a medical pathologist, my friend > is pretty knowledgable about diseases and various medical treatments. > She maintains that the contraceptive loop works by creating a low > grade infection - so if a fertilized egg comes into contact with the > loop, it is infected and rendered useless. She says that no medical > doctor will tell you this, but this is apparently how a loop > works. The question is this: Will CS clean out the infection (I am > certain it would) and thus render the loop useless in its > contraceptive function? . She says she'd rather have her daughter sick > than pregnant! (at this stage). BTW, I've heard that they used to make > these loops out of copper - which would also be anti-bacterial. (This > tends to confuse the issue even more) Can any of you informed members > shed some light on this dilemma? Any and all replies will be > appreciated. Steve
